Spokane using GPS to track snowplows

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Spokane County is testing a GPS-basedsystem that lets the public know which roads have been plowedduring and after snow storms. Drivers can call up a county map on the Internet to getminute-by-minute updates. Officials say satellites feed plowing data into computers. Eachof the county's 85 plows, sanders and deicers is equipped with GPStechnology that is linked to the vehicle's mechanical systems. The county maintains 2,500 miles of roads.